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1 update, 6 October 2026.
The Supreme Court on 5 October 2026 set aside a Bombay High Court direction that had ordered the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pay ₹5 lakh compensation to a Pune dairy and sweets shop whose food licence had been suspended after a food poisoning complaint. The case began on 12 June 2026, when FDA officers inspected the shop, found hygiene and record keeping deficiencies, and suspended its licence under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, after a sample of Malai Pedha collected during the inspection was declared unsafe. The Bombay High Court had revoked the suspension and directed the ₹5 lakh compensation on 17 August 2026 in Writ Petition No. 9905 of 2026. The Supreme Court accepted the state's argument that the FDA had acted promptly at every stage and that time taken in good faith during a statutory process cannot form the basis for a compensation order against the government.